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simply we can say broken links are those which are no longer works if the website encounters improper entry of a url which causes 404 redirect or something the user or the search engine cann't find when they are looking for the resources.these broken links can create problems for the website as the visitors can not able get the proper results they are looking for.

It is a link which is no longer available or pointing to the its destination. There can be various options for this like it has given other name or it can be deleted. It is generally named 404 page or web server not able to located the page.

what is broken link/

Link rot is the process by which hyperlinks point to web pages, servers or other resources that have become permanently unavailable. The phrase also describes the effects of failing to update out-of-date web pages that clutter search engine results. A link that does not work any more is called a broken link, dead link or dangling link.
>The simplest and most common reason is that the website it links to doesn't exist anymore. The most common result of a dead link is a 404 error

Broken links are the hyperlinks that are permanently unavailable anymore.
Ensuring the correct HTML format of your webpage will prevent your site from broken links.
There are many tools available online to check broken links and that of 404 errors.
" validator.w3.org " is one of the best tool that I have come across.